Top 10 Summer Salads

Quick, Healthy & Tasty

A handful of leaves bundled onto the side of a plate? If this is your idea of a salad think again. There are so many good recipes which are cheap, quick and easy but don't hold back on flavor. You can make all of these 10 amazing tasting salads in less than 30 minutes (and one of them in only 2!) and not only are they great for body but you'll enjoy eating them too.

To keep things simple, you won't find any long complicated instructions here. Every step is only a single line, and everything you need to do for all of these recipes is written out in eight steps or less! (most a lot less)

Crunchy Wholewheat Noodle Salad

Serves: 2, Time: 20 mins

What You Need:

150g dried wholewheat noodles

300g pack of stir-fry veg (mixed pepper works best)

50g pea shoots (if you don't have these bean shoots or lentils are just as good)

Half a cucumber

1 avocado

1 small chilli

Half a clove of garlic

1 lime (just the juice)

2 tablespoons of soy sauce

1 tablespoon of sesame oil (olive oil works fine too)

What to do:

1. Drop the noodles into a pan of boiling water, cook for 5 minutes

2. Drain the noodles, rinse with cold water (stops them cooking any more) and then drain again.

3. De-seed the chilli then chop finely along with the garlic and put them into a small bowl.

4. Add the lime juice, soy sauce and sesame oil to the chilli and garlic. (give it a good stir)

5. Chop up the cucumber and avocado

6. Mix the cucumber and avocado together with the stir fry veg, the pea shoots and the noodles.

7. Split your salad into two bowls and pour over the dressing.

Moroccan Turkey and Chickpea Salad

Serves: 2, Time: 20 mins

What You Need:

2 lean turkey breast steaks

1 tin chickpeas

1 Little Gem lettuce (or any small lettuce will do)

40g radishes

20g radish shoots (if you can't find these cress is a good alternative)

1 lemon (juice & zest)

2 tablespoons of fresh parsley

1 clove of garlic

1 tablespoon of olive oil

What to do:

1. Put the turkey steaks into a bowl and cover with the lemon zest (not the juice), garlic and olive oil. Leave it to soak in while you get on with step 2

2. Chop up the parsley lettuce and radishes, then mix them together with the chickpeas in a bowl.

3. Heat up a frying pan and fry your turkey steaks (2-3 minutes on each side)

So....which one deserves the number 1 spot

These are my top ten quick, easy and tasty summer salads, but which one deserves top spot. Well squidoo is all about community so it's up to you. Vote for your favorite, and at the end of month i'll add in place numbers and update the order of the top ten.

But hey, you don't have to be boxed in, if you know a better choice than anything that made it onto my list, share it in the comments below!